Improvement in oil-cans



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THOMAS K.l ANDERSON, OF ADDISON, NEV YORK.

IIVIPROVENI ENT IN OIL-CANS.

To @ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, THoMAs K. ANDERSON, of Addison, in the county ofSteuben and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Oil Cans or Fillers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication,in which- Figure l is a longitudinal central section of my invention,taken in the line x x, Fig. 2 Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same,taken in the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twoiigures.

This invention relates to an oil can or filler for replenishing lampswith oil, and also for supplying the journal-boxes of shafting and otherworking parts of machinery with lubricating material.

The object of the invention is to obtain a can or ller whichmwill notadmit of `its contents casually escaping from it, and by which thelubricating of the working parts of machinery, as well as the iilling oflamps or other oil-receptacles, is greatly facilitated and waste of oilprevented.

The invention consists in a novel way of inserting an air-tube in thecan, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the contents ofthe can or filler are made to serve as a seal for the air-tube andprevent the admission of air into the can, `and the consequent escape ofthe fluid therefrom, except when desired.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of the can, which may be of oval or other properform in its horizontal section, provided witha conical top, a, and anozzle, b, of suitable length, having a curved end, o, as shown clearlyin Fig, '1. The conical top a is provided with a tube, d, through whichthe can is supplied with oil. This tube has a stopper, e.

B is a handle, which is attached to the side of the body of the can orfiller, and O is an air-tube, which is attached to the outer side of thenozzle b, and passes into the conical top a of the can at the junctionof the nozzle therewith, and then passes along the inner side of the topa and body of the can or iiller, at a point adjoining the handle B untilit reaches the bottom f of the can, and then passes along bottom f to ornearly to its center. (See Fig. l.)

The air-tube C extends to within a trifle of the end of nozzle b, and itwill be seen from the above description that in order to allow thecontents of the can to escape through nozzle b the can must be tilted sothat the liquid within will be free from the inner end of the air-tubeand allow the external air to pass through said tube into the can. Inorder to effect this result, the can must be taken by the handle andtilted until. the end o f its nozzle b is somewhat below a horizontalline, at which point the inner end of the airtube will be exposed andthe air allowed to enter the can, and the contents iiow out therefromthrough nozzle b. By this arrangement, therefore, the contents of thecan cannot escape in case of the can being upset. the can may be turneddown on its si-de without the least danger of the oil escaping. In thelubricating ot' machinery this is an important feature, for in manycases the operator is required to introduce the can horizontally throughnarrow passages in order to reach the part to be lubricated, and inusing the ordinary cans an escape of oil attends the whole movement ofthe can both toward and from the part to be lubricated. By my inventionthis difficulty is obviated, for a slight elevation of the nozzle b froma horizontal position will close the inner end of the air-tube C, orcause the same to be sealed by the liquid Within.

The handle B performsan important function irrespective of itslegitimate use for lift.- ing the can, for it insures the can beinglifted in proper position, so that the air-tube C will be uppermost.Vere the handle B not employed, the can might be inadvertently liftedwith the air-tube Cat the lower part of' the can-a contingency whichwould render the operation very imperfect. The air-tube C, by beingextended down to or nearly to the end of nozzle b, serves as a step andprevents the parts being iilled with oil from running over, the escapeof oil from the can being prevented as soon as the oil in the receptaclereaches and closes the orifice of tube O.

In fact,

I do not claim7 broadly, the employment or l filler, substantially asherein shown and deuse of an air-tube fitted to an oil can or ller toadmit of the free escape of the contents of the can irrespective 0f thearrangement herein shown and described for preventing the casual escapeof the contents by the upsetting of the can or iiller.

I claim, therefore, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Theair-tube C, When applied to the can or scribed, to admit of the escapeof the contents of the can by a proper manipulation of the latter, andat the same time prevent a Waste or casual discharge by the upsetting ofthe can or from other causes, as set forth. THOMAS K. ANDERSON.Witnesses:

Minus SrnvnNs, BRADLEY BLAKsLEn.

